Hat-support.



C. APPLEBY.

HAT SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912.

1,049,971. Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

CECILE APPLEBY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

Application filed September 17, 1912. Serial No. 720,848.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, CEoILE APPLEBY, a

subject of the King of England, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hat hangers and has for its object to provide a simple and cheap device of this character, whereby a ladys hat may hang suspended from a hook located beneath a shelf or other obstruction, thereby preventing the hat from becoming crushed or put out of shape by contacting with either the row of hooks or the shelf or other obstruction.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views :Figure 1 is a view showing my improved hat hanger adapted to use. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the hat hanger. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of hanger. Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the hat hanger shown suspended from one of a row of hooks located beneath a shelf, and Fig. 5 is a modification of a still further form of my improved hat hanger.

Nowadays, it is practically impossible to hang up a ladys hat in a wardrobe or closet without the same becoming crushed and put out of shape, due to the proportions of the hat and to the fact that the nails, hooks, etc., are located too close together and directly beneath the shelving or the upper corner of the wardrobe or closet. To overcome this difliculty my improved support l on which the hat is hung, is suspended'from a nail 2 located beneath a shelf 3.

The support isformed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself to provide a vertical shank 4 which includes companion legs 5 and 6 intertwisted as at 7, adjacent to their upper ends, the upper leg 6 of which extends upwardly and beyond the intertwisted portion and is bent to present an attaching 00k 8, WlllCh hook is adapted to suspend the hat support from any supporting means located beneath a shelf or other hat obstruction.

Both of the legs 5 and 6 are forwardly extended at their lower endsat right angles to the shank and are provided with the intertwisted portion 9 at the outer end of which is formed a bulged head piece 10. The headpiece is disposed in parallel relation with the shank and is provided with laterally extending side portions 11 and 12 which extend beyond the plane of the shank and between which is formed the downwardly extending strengthening tongue or brace portion 13.

The crown of the hat is adapted to fit over the head piece and to be held thereon against displacement when the hanger is adapted to be used.

The head piece may be of any desired size and shape as would make it engage the crown of the hat itself, or some portion thereof where there was no bandeau used.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the hat hanger is shown formed of a single piece of wire not bent on itself and provided with an oval shaped head piece adapted to snugly fit the crown of a hat. 5

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the hanger is shown formed of a single piece of wire and provided with a V-shaped head piece, the ends of which are pointed and are adapted to engage the crown of the hat when there is no bandeau used.

What is claimed as new is:

A hat hanger comprising a single piece of wire bent upon itself to provide a vertical shank, said shank including companion legs which are intertwisted adjacent to their upper ends, one of said legs being extended upwardly beyond said intertwisted portions and bent to present an attaching hook, both of said legs having forwardly extending spacing intertwisted portions, and a head piece disposed in parallel relation with the shank and comprising the bight of said wire extending into the intertwisted spacing portions, said head piece being bulged and provided with laterally extending side portions which extend beyond the plane of the shank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CECILE APPLEBY.

Witnesses:

M. E. LAUGHLIN, GEO. A. BYRNE. 

